December 21st, 2011
I’ve been following the indie game website/blog/forum Pixelprospector for some time now so I decided that they deserved some kind of tribute… and a thread on their forum was the final trigger. The drawing is an interpretation of the website’s mascot, a miner with a glowing joystick in his hands.
August 14th, 2010
As I told you before, more music related works are coiming! This is another chiptune EP cover I’ve recently done, for a guy called Futurnari. The album (which you can freely download here: www.beepcity.com) is clearly inspired by the game soundtracks of past times, but adds some nice variations to it. Be sure to check it out. The cover takes the 4 elements contained in the titles of the tracks (mushrooms, fire, bricks and toadstools) and combines them in one picture. The idea was to convey the spirit of the tracks, and suggest a somehow gamey athmosphere.
And now for something completely different… it’s saturday, and I haven’t been posting sketches in a while, so here is one that somehow goes well with the above illustration (though, there no kind of relation between the two).
May 26th, 2010
2080 – Nerd to Geek
I like French electronic music. I like their way of being funky. 2080 takes that funky French electronic vibe to chipsounds. Though there are no real chips involved in the making of his music (he mainly works with analogue gear like an old Juno 60, and some MFB synths) the sound really reminds you of the gamesoundtracks of the past, so I guess it fits here anyway.
This one’s no free download, but if you’re into this kind of music, it’s really worth the expense!
buy the album on 7digital.com (but you can probably find it on other stores as well)
Multifaros is the alias of Bård Ericson, a young man born in 1991 who creates electronical music of various styles and genres since 2006. His primary tools for making music are Reason 3, Little Sound DJ, guitars and other instruments, coupled with a MIDI-keyboard and his passion for music, sounds, life and the universe.
Here’s another great artist blending chiptunes with acoustic sounds with a lot of other stuff, creating an amazing sound, and really interesting music. I highly recomend both albums: Dreams and Yozef’s Journey. Thy are quite different, while the first one is brighter, happier and featuring vocals on most tracks, the second one is purely instrumental and sounds darker and more dramatic.
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download Yozef’s Journey from multifaros.info.se (Free)
download Dreams from calmdownkidder.com (Free)
While this album has one of the worst covers ever, it contains some unique chipmusic gems! This guy has some lurking talent…
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